35 For I was hungry, and you gave Me [something] to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me. 1 Peter 1:14 ; 1 Peter 2:9 1 Peter 2:10 ; 3:6 ; 4:3 this. 6 And since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, [let each exercise them accordingly]: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; 7 if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness (Romans 12:6-8). I took a seminary student along with me, and because we were both wearing suits, the family greeted us eagerly. (7) Spiritual gifts should be exercised to the glory of God (verse 11). Amen. In our text, Peter has spoken of love first in verse 8, and now he writes about the ministry of the saints one to another through the exercise of spiritual gifts. How easy to want to help ease the suffering of someone experiencing the consequences of their own sin. On one occasion, we took in a family who had come all the way to Dallas from the Northeast in a converted school bus to attend seminary. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend [it] on your pleasures. Glory and hope are prominent features in this Epistle ( 1 Peter 1:8 WEISS entitles him "the apostle of hope." And so we did. . A few years ago, our friends from the Northwest called to ask that I visit a woman in a Dallas hospital who was dying of cancer. 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him. Eventually we realized they thought we were doctors. The loving church will be characterized by its pursuit of holiness. In these trying times, we must constantly turn to God for strength and perseverance. 11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come (1 Corinthians 10:11). He may have gone to Rome after Paul's death, and, as common tradition represents, been imprisoned in the Mamertine dungeon, and crucified on the Janiculum, on the eminence of St. Pietro in Montorio, and his remains deposited under the great altar in the center of the famous basilica of St. Peter. But there also is a negative side to Peter’s words. Also Caius, the presbyter of Rome, in EUSEBIUS [Ecclesiastical History, 2.25] asserts that some memorials of their martyrdom were to be seen at Rome on the road to Ostia. Because Peter saw both suffering and glory in the life of Jesus, he can speak with the authority of an eyewitness. Search using our Online Bible by Topic, Verse Reference or Phrase. The death of the apostle of the uncircumcision, and the consequent need of someone to follow up his teachings, probably gave occasion to the testimony given by Peter to the same churches, collectively addressed, in behalf of the same truth. 43 “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. Notice the way the term “sound judgment” is used elsewhere in the New Testament: 15 And they came to Jesus and observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the “legion”; and they became frightened (Mark 5:15, emphasis mine). (1 Peter 4:17). Ham did not act in love toward his father, because he made his father’s sin public. Paul gives these instructions in his epistle to the Thessalonians: 14 And we urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all men (1 Thessalonians 5:14). Chastened fervor, deep humility, and ardent love appear, just as we should expect from one who had been so graciously restored after his grievous fall. (3) Spiritual gifts are “gracious” in nature. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, [as it were,] with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person (Colossians 4:2-6). They were exposed to persecutions, though apparently not systematic, but rather annoyances and reproach arising from their not joining their heathen neighbors in riotous living, into which, however, some of them were in danger of falling. (The Living Stone and a Chosen People. As the return of our Lord draws nearer, there will be times of persecution and affliction. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. 8 But since we are of [the] day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. That this Epistle was written after Paul's Epistles, even those written during his imprisonment at Rome, ending in A.D. 63, appears from the acquaintance which Peter in this Epistle shows he has with them. But let us be careful to see that hospitality is no less important in the church today. It is hard for us to grasp the difficulty and danger hospitality poses for those endeavoring to practice it in times of persecution. 136 The Bible does speak of judgment which comes on unbelievers in time as well as in eternity. Peter’s words in his first epistle seem to indicate that God has already begun to bring the ages to their divinely appointed end. And so we can surely say that the “kingdom of God is at hand” every time the gospel is proclaimed. IRENÆUS [Against Heresies, 4.9.2] expressly mentions it; and in [4.16.5], 1 Peter 2:16 CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA [Miscellanies, 1.3, p. 544], quotes 1 Peter 2:11 1 Peter 2:12 1 Peter 2:15 1 Peter 2:16 [4, p. 584], 1 Peter 3:14-17 [p. 585], 1 Peter 4:12-14 EUSEBIUS [Ecclesiastical History, 6.25]) mentions this Epistle; in [Homily 7, on Joshua, vol. We are not of night nor of darkness; 6 so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. sheep"; also "Whom . He knew from experience the truth of this old proverb: “A guest is like a fish; after three days he stinks!”. Let us happily open our homes and our lives to those whom we do not know, especially those who our brothers and sisters in Christ. This explains in what sense Christ used as to him the words, "Upon this rock I will build my Church" ( Matthew 16:18 connection with whom only he was given the designation: a title shared in common on the same grounds by the rest of the apostles, as the first founders of the Church on Christ, "the chief corner-stone" ( Ephesians 2:20 A name is often given in Hebrew, not that the person is actually the thing itself, but has some special relation to it; as Elijah means Mighty Jehovah, so Simon is called Peter "the rock," not that he is so, save by connection with Jesus, the only true Rock ( Isaiah 28:16 1 Corinthians 3:11 therefore called so ( Matthew 16:23 confession of Christ, the Rock, he became identified with Him, and is accordingly so called ( Matthew 16:18 instance on record of Peter's having ever claimed or exercised supremacy; on the contrary, he is represented as sent by the apostles at Jerusalem to confirm the Samaritans baptized by Philip the deacon; again at the council of Jerusalem, not he, but James the president, or leading bishop in the Church of that city, pronounced the authoritative decision: Acts 15:19 doubtless (though certainly not supremacy), was given him on the ground of his age, and prominent earnestness, and boldness in taking the lead on many important occasions. JOSEPHUS [Antiquities, 15.2.2; 3.1] states that there was a great multitude of Jews in the Chaldean Babylon; it is therefore likely that "the apostle of the circumcision" ( Galatians 2:7 Galatians 2:8 would at some time or other visit them. The wicked may indulge in fleshly pleasures for a moment, but their torment for unbelief is eternal. . 1 Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. 1 Peter 4:8 - Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. They spent the summer in our home with many good times shared together, and the memories we have of this family are warm ones. The emphasis of all these translations falls on the way we speak, not on what we speak. We have newcomers and visitors to our church who would greatly profit from our hospitality. So TERTULLIAN [Against Marcion, 4.5, and The Prescription Against Heretics, 36, 38]. When they realized we had come to talk about spiritual things, the atmosphere chilled. In his first and second epistles, Peter speaks of the blessings which await believers and the judgment stored up for unbelievers: they will glorify God in the day of visitation, grace to be brought at the revelation of Jesus Christ, the spirits in prison; judgment in days of Noah, they will give account to Him who will judge the living and the dead, the Chief Shepherd appears and we receive crown of glory, will be kept under punishment for day of judgment, black darkness reserved for them (contrast 1 Peter 1:3-5), the day dawns, the morning star arises in our hearts, the new heavens, new earth, in which righteousness dwells. 1 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, 2 saying, “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God, and did not respect man. A few years ago, our friends from the Northwest called to ask that I visit a woman in a Dallas hospital who was dying of cancer. Watchfulness for the Lord’s return should be characterized by prayer. Click the Bible for the all new StudyLight.org!! These are supernatural abilities given to Christians so they may minister spiritually. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you (2 Corinthians 5:13, emphasis mine). The meaning of this statement which Peter cites is not necessarily obvious; many even differ on what Peter meant by it. Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? “FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE UPON THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ATTEND TO THEIR PRAYER, BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL” (1 Peter 3:12). Some believe it means that when we love, many of our sins are covered. 12:11), but not at once (II Thess. We must persist in prayer, but our prayers can be easily perverted. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The wicked may prosper and live a life of fleshly indulgence now, but they will give account for their sins and suffer eternally for them. Peter contrasts the fate of the believer with that of the unbeliever. He sees this delay as consistent with past delays (see 2 Peter 3:5-6). 10 And at that time many will fall away and will deliver up one another and hate one another. I simply could not do that. They were already introduced "into" (so the Greek, 1 Peter 5:12 safe standing-ground. 8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. 17 And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-gatherer. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. 18 Truly I say to you, whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. All during our Lord’s earthly ministry, he had heard the Savior speak about the events that lay ahead. And though towards the close of Caligula's reign a persecution drove the Jews thence to Seleucia, and a plague five years after still further thinned their numbers, yet this does not preclude their return and multiplication during the twenty years that elapsed between the plague and the writing of the Epistle. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA says that she suffered martyrdom, her husband encouraging her to be faithful unto death, "Remember, dear, our Lord." And the beginning of the torments of hell or the bliss of heaven are as close as the day of our death. In these times, some of the saints will be tempted to fall and even to fall away from the faith (see Matthew 24:10-12; Hebrews). Here is a fundamental Christian truth. He is well called "the mouth of the apostles." 23 But I am hard-pressed from both [directions,] having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for [that] is very much better; 24 yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake (Philippians 1:23-24). HIS OBJECT seems to be, by the prospect of their heavenly portion and by Christ's example, to afford consolation to the persecuted, and prepare them for a greater approaching ordeal, and to exhort all, husbands, wives, servants, presbyters, and people, to a due discharge of relative duties, so as to give no handle to the enemy to reproach Christianity, but rather to win them to it, and so to establish them in "the true grace of God wherein they stand" ( 1 Peter 5:12 ALFORD rightly argues that "exhorting and testifying" there, refer to Peter's exhortations throughout the Epistle grounded on testimony which he bears to the Gospel truth, already well known to his readers by the teaching of Paul in those churches. 35 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 21 And he drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. Peter, knowing how life is (even among the saints), gently admonishes us to be hospitable but to leave grumbling at the front door. From Peter’s words in 2 Peter 3:3-4, he seems to have expected a delay before all the prophecies were fulfilled. It is possible that the rendering of the NASB “at hand” is misleading, suggesting that the end has arrived rather than emphasizing its nearness. Second, Peter seems to be urging those who speak God’s Word to speak in a way that communicates God’s authority and not the authority of the speaker. You do not have because you do not ask. Since the coming of Christ, there has been no new revelation recorded in the Bible as Scripture. 5 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. Saints are those whose sins are forgiven but whose sins are not yet eradicated (see Romans 7). By the motive of hope to which God has regenerated us ( 1 Peter 1:3-12 faith, considering the costly price paid for our redemption from sin ( 1 Peter 1:14-21 brethren as begotten of God's eternal word, as spiritual priest-kings, to whom alone Christ is precious ( 1 Peter 1:22 ; 2:10 example in suffering, maintaining a good conversation in every relation ( 1 Peter 2:10 ; 3:14 having in view Christ's once-offered sacrifice, and His future coming to judgment ( 1 Peter 3:15 ; 4:11 adversity, as looking for future glorification with Christ, (1) in general as Christians, 1 Peter 4:12-19 1 Peter 5:1-11 second part from the first, 1 Peter 2:11 the second, 1 Peter 4:12 [BENGEL]. How easy for a woman to help a young mother care for her newborn baby. ITS GENUINENESS is attested by 2 Peter 3:1 Also by POLYCARP (in EUSEBIUS [Ecclesiastical History, 4.14]), who, in writing to the Philippians, quotes many passages: in the second chapter he quotes 1 Peter 1:13 1 Peter 1:21; 3:9 EUSEBIUS says of PAPIAS [Ecclesiastical History, 3.39] that he, too, quotes Peter's First Epistle. ed], 1976). The “one another” characteristic of this passage makes it apparent Peter is speaking to Christians about their love for fellow-believers. The one whose gift manifests itself in words needs to speak “as the oracles of God.” The one who serves “as by the strength which God supplies.”. (2) We must interpret Peter’s teaching here in light of the rest of his teaching. Who am also a partaker (o kai koinwno). They sought to keep the sin of their father as private as possible. By being hospitable, we give evidence to our own faith, and we do what is pleasing to our Lord. He was a married man, and tradition represents his wife's name as Concordia or Perpetua. While the Christian may suffer in the flesh now, he will triumph in spirit and in Christ for all eternity. The preacher should preach the Word, and when he does, he should do so in a way that communicates the authority of God’s Word. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many. STYLE.--Fervor and practical truth, rather than logical reasoning, are the characteristics, of this Epistle, as they were of its energetic, warm-hearted writer. We may divide the Epistle into: (I) The inscription ( 1 Peter 1:1 1 Peter 1:2 believers as born again of God. Church leaders and pastors were arrested and sometimes imprisoned. 9 Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name. Peter assumes that when we speak, we speak God’s Word. 15 “And if your brother sins, go and reprove him in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. In Lydia was the Philadelphian Church, favorably noticed in Revelation 3:7 &c.; that of Sardis, the capital, and of Thyatira, and of Ephesus, founded by Paul, and a scene of the labors of Aquila and Priscilla and Apollos, and subsequently of more than two whole years' labor of Paul again, and subsequently censured for falling from its first love in Revelation 2:4 and as one of the seven churches receives unqualified praise. It would seem obvious that when Peter speaks of a “multitude of sins” he must be speaking of the sins of saints, which are many. 11 Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, the utterances of God; whoever serves, let him do so as by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Home > Parallel Bible > Search Results. Test drive it and tell us about your experience. 140 For this expression, see also James 5:12. He had not only experienced the hospitality of others toward him, he had undoubtedly shown hospitality toward others. If spiritual gifts are to be employed in serving one another, they are ultimately to be employed to the glory of God. Crossway publishes the ESV in more than 200 print editions, from the popular ESV Thinline Bible to the best-selling ESV Study Bible.Whether you're looking for large print, cross-references, study notes, daily devotions, or a compact trim size, there's an ESV Bible that's right for you. We find it used elsewhere in both the Old Testament and the New: 12 Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions (Proverbs 10:12). (6) Spiritual gifts are to be exercised in love. Jesus told His disciples things would go from bad to worse as the end of all things approaches. He insists that “today is the day of salvation” (Hebrews 3:7-15; see 2 Corinthians 6:2). Moreover, the order in which the countries are enumerated, from northeast to south and west, is such as would be adopted by one writing from the Oriental Babylon on the Euphrates, not from Egypt or Rome. 39 And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, [even] the least [of them,] you did it to Me’” (Matthew 25:31-40, emphasis mine). 2 Corinthians 5:21 - He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. How easy we have it here compared to saints elsewhere. How easy to serve another in the flesh. Passage Display : 1 Peter 4:8: . Our love must be energetic. The desired goal is not just the meeting of a need but the praise and glory of God. Peter uses it for the outcome of our faith (1 Peter 1:9) and also for the outcome of unbelief (1 Peter 4:17). We need to be careful not to admonish the fainthearted nor to help the unruly (see also 2 Thessalonians 3:10). Paul was very careful in the things he spoke and wrote to distinguish between what he taught by the command of the Lord, those things he taught by permission, and those things which were his own opinion (1 Corinthians 7:6, 10, 12, 25, 40). TO WHOM HE ADDRESSES THIS EPISTLE.--The heading, 1 Peter 1:1 elect strangers (spiritually pilgrims) of the dispersion" (Greek), clearly marks the Christians of the Jewish dispersion as prominently addressed, but still including also Gentile Christians as grafted into the Christian Jewish stock by adoption and faith, and so being part of the true Israel. of . Here was a woman who knew she was dying but rather than deal with eternal issues, she chose to live in the make believe world of Hollywood. 2 For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. If those who speak should speak God’s Word as though it were God’s Word, those who serve should do so in God’s strength. It also means stretching out as a runner stretches out. Other references to hospitality are common. Like our Lord, Peter has much to say about things to come. Ancyra was subsequently its ecclesiastical metropolis. 12 There is [only] one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor? This is not because hospitality is dangerous for us, but because our culture holds privacy so dear. Peter sums up all prophecy with these few words: The end of all things is at hand (1 Peter 4:7a). 137 This, of course, is looking at salvation solely from a human standpoint. 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